Toy holder for children&#39;s chairs



Dec. 6, 1949 H. RIEGEL TOY HOLDER FOR CHILDREN'S CHAIRS Filed June 17, 1946 NVEN Tora Ah/,QfA/cf /64 @5651.

Patented Dec. 6, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY HOLDER FOR CHILDRENS CHAIRS Lawrence H. Riegel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application June 17, 1946, Serial No. 677,339

2 Claims.

This invention relates to toy holders and more particularly to a toy holder adapted to prevent infants from throwing their toys from a high chair tray or the like to the oor.

One object of the invention is to provide a toy holder which will be easy to manufacture and which may be fastened to an infants high chair readily.

Another object is to provide a toy holder which will enable the infant to obtain any one of several objects and draw it to him.

A further object is to provide a toy holder for infants which will preclude the possibility of the infant hurting itself.

A still further object is to provide a toy holder which will more effectively prevent the infant from throwing its playthings on the iioor.

Other objects will become apparent upon considering the following specification which, when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrate a preferred form of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a side elevational view of a toy holder as applied to an infants high chair, and embodying the elements of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig, 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the toy holder is mounted on a high chair Ill or the like from a bracket I2. bracket and retained by means of a set screw I 6. The rod I4 passes through the bracket I2 and extends upward and over the seat, and terminates in a downwardly extending projection I8.

The projection I8 has a threaded extension 20 formed thereon, which receives a disc 22. The disc 22 is held on the extension by a cap nut 24 which permits free rotation of the disc 22 on the extension 20.

The disc 22 is rounded at its periphery and provided with a plurality of screw eyes 26.

The screw eyes 26 may each hold an article such as a toy. piece of toast, etc., 28 suspended A curved rod I4 is received in the 1 from a string or ribbon 30, so as to be within the reach of the child in the chair.

When the child grasps an article, the disc rotates to bring it directly in front of the child. When the child is through with the article the holder prevents him from throwing it on the oor.

When it is desired to take the child out of the chair, the rod I4 may be pivoted in the bracket I 2, thus removing the toy holder from its position over the child.

It will be realized that the hereinbefore form of the invention is to be taken merely as a preferred embodiment thereof, and that various changes in size, shape and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

That which is claimed as new and is desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A toy holder for an infants chair or the like comprising, a bracket fixed to said chair, a rod adjustably secured in said bracket and having a downwardly extending projection terminating above the normal level of the childs head and forming an axis, a disk mounted on said projection to rotate freely thereon, and means to suspend articles on cords from said disk.

2. A toy holder for an infants chair or the like comprising, a bracket xed to said chair, a rod adjustably secured in said bracket and having a downwardly extending projection terminating above the normal level of the childs head, said projection forming an axis, a threaded end on said projection, a disk having an aperture axially therethrough receivable over and rotatable on said projection, a nut engageable on said threaded end securing the disk on the projection, and means to suspend articles from said disk.

LAWRENCE H. RIEGEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record ln the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 47,542 Hawk May 2, 1865 442,629 Lipscomb Dec. 16, 1890 

